5 Stocks Pushing The Real Estate Industry Lower

4. As of noon trading, DDR ( DDR) is down $0.24 (-1.4%) to $16.70 on heavy volume Thus far, 2.3 million shares of DDR exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.7 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $16.61-$17.03 after having opened the day at $17.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.94.

DDR Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company engages in acquiring, developing, redeveloping, owning, leasing, and managing shopping centers, mini-malls, and lifestyle centers. DDR has a market cap of $5.3 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 8.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate DDR a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates DDR as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's profit margins have been poor overall. Get the full DDR Ratings Report now.